119 Quotes About Labour



  • Author Edward De Vere
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    The labouring man that tills the fertile soil,And reaps the harvest fruit, hath not indeedThe gain, but pain; and if for all his toilHe gets the straw, the lord will have the seed.

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  • Author Sunday Adelaja
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    Let me explain FAITH to you. For example I need faith to keep on working on my product, I need faith to give my best, I need faith to endure the process of production, I need faith to persevere. I need faith to pay the price of self-denial, of sacrifice, of repetition. I need faith to keep myself encouraged while I go through the hardship of labour.

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  • Author Lev Shestov
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    Count Tolstoy preached inaction. It seems he had no need. We "inact" remarkably. Idleness, just that idleness Tolstoy dreamed of, a free, conscious idling that despises labour, this is one of the chief characteristics of our time.

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  • Author Rosa Luxemburg
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    Social Democracy, does not, however, expect to attain its aim either as a result of the victorious violence of a minority or through the numerical superiority of a majority. It sees socialism come as a result of economic necessity - and the comprehension of that necessity - leading to the suppression of capitalism by the working masses. And this necessity manifests itself above all in the anarchy of capitalism.

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